· 3/14/1991
Commonwealth v. Beldotti
Citations
- 567 N.E.2d 1219
- 409 Mass. 553
- 1991 Mass. LEXIS 115
How courts have described this case
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- testing results of occult blood from murder suspect's hands and arms based on invalid warrant not subject to exclusion in view of minimal intrusion and likelihood of inevitable discovery
- testing results of occult blood from murder suspect’s hands and arms based on invalid warrant not subject to exclusion in view of minimal intrusion and likelihood of inevitable discovery
- denying exclusion of evidence because intrusion was minimal, but noting “we do not rely on any theory the police were proceeding in good faith reliance [on] a defective search warrant”
- testing results of occult blood from murder suspect’s hands and arms based on invalid warrant not subject to exclusion in view of minimal intrusion and likelihood of inevitable discovery
- applying miscarriage of justice analysis to unpreserved assertion of error in empanelling jury
- statement that in isolation might shift burden of proof not error when followed by Webster charge
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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Nolan, O'Connor, Greaney
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